Contribution of Livelihoods to the Well-Being of Coffee-Growing Households in Southern Colombia: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Contribution of Livelihoods to the Well-Being of Coffee-Growing Households in Southern Colombia: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Adriana Eugenia Suárez, Isabel Gutiérrez-Montes, Fausto Andrés Ortiz-Morea, Juan Carlos Suárez, Julio Di Rienzo, Fernando Casanoves

Coffee cultivation is one of the main agricultural activities in Colombia, which increases the well-being of coffee-growing families. In order to determine the impact of coffee production, the capital endowment and well-being of coffee-growing families in the municipality of Pitalito, in the south of Colombia, were analyzed using the community capital index (CCI). Likewise, the relationships between the variables were identified through a Pearson correlation analysis, and the increase in well-being was identified and modeled by employing structural equations. The structural equation model showed a suitable fit to the data, indicated by the non-significant value of the χ2 statistic (p = 0.85), a high CFI (0.97), a low RMSEA (

2022

latent variable, livelihood capitals, political capital, social capital

10.3390/su14020743

Sustainability

MDPI AG

Environmental sciences, Environmental effects of industries and plants, Renewable energy sources